Coix Seed and White Bean Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Coix Seed and White Bean Decoction

Chinese Name: 苡仁扁豆饮

Formula

30 grams of coix seed, 30 grams of white mung beans, and 15 grams of brown sugar.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Rinse the coix seeds and white mung beans separately, then place them together in a clay pot. Add water and soak for 30 minutes. Simmer over medium heat until the coix seeds and white mung beans are tender. After boiling, stir in the brown sugar to serve.

Efficacy

Resolves phlegm and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility caused by phlegm-dampness.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Coix seed (Yi-yi-ren) assumes the leading (chief) role. Sweet, bland-cool in property, it travels through the Spleen, Stomach, Lung meridians, and works to clear damp-heat and strengthen the spleen. White mung beans (Lu-dou) fill the deputy position. Sweet-cold in property, it enters the Heart, Stomach meridians and works to clear heat, remove toxins and relieve summer heat. Brown sugar (Hong-tang) rounds out the formula as the harmonizing herb, working to warm the middle, activate blood and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. Working as one, the formula resolve phlegm and promote conception, thereby targeting the phlegm and dampness pattern that underlies the complaint.

Coix Seed and White Bean Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Resolves phlegm and promotes conception. Suitable for infertility caused by phlegm-dampness.

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